Repeated mild lateral fluid percussion brain injury in the rat causes cumulative long-term behavioral impairments, neuroinflammation, and cortical loss in an animal model of repeated concussion

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 281-294

  Shultz, Sandy R ^a,c   Bao, Feng ^b   Omana, Vanessa ^b   Chiu, Charlotte ^a   Brown, Arthur ^b   Cain, Donald Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

behavior; inflammation; learning and memory; models of injury; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRANIOTOMY; DEPRESSION; ENCEPHALITIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECURRENCE; TIME;

EID: 84856444165     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.2123     Document Type: Article

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